Metro East Sun

The truancy rate at East Alton-Wood River High School stayed flat at 10 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Metro East Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The East Alton-Wood River CHSD 14 saw a chronic truancy rate of 10 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 597 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2015	10	10	9
2016	13	13	10
2017	9	9	11
2018	10	10	11
2019	10	10	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	92	92	94
2016	93	93	94
2017	91	91	94
2018	91	91	94
2019	93	93	94